This news item is about: Vittoria Capria, a second-year veterinary student at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named by Americans for Medical Progress as an AMP/Michael D. Hayre Fellow in Public Outreach. For her Fellowship project, Vittoria will coordinate AMP’s Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) celebration scheduled for April 19, 2018. BRAD is designed to build public appreciation for the importance of animal research to medical progress, and to highlight careers in laboratory animal medicine. Vittoria will build on the success of the past two BRADs, expanding the program far beyond the 60 colleges, research institutions, and others that have already participated.